In 1998, Genitourinary Medicine changed its title to Sexually Transmitted Infections to emphasise the true content and international nature of the journal. Sexually Transmitted Infections remains the oldest journal in the field dealing with issues of sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV. First published in 1925, the journal attracts original articles on the clinical, microbiological, behavioural, epidemiological, social, and historical aspects of sexually transmitted diseases, including viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, human papillomavirus, herpes simplex virus, and the sexually transmissible hepatitis viruses.